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Feb. 13, 2019 | 12:08 AM (Last updated: February 13, 2019 | 12:45 PM)

Venezuelan community hopes for better days

An anti-government protester demonstrates in Caracas. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

This article was amended on Wednesday, February 13 2019

A previous version of this article misidentified the Venezuelan ambassador to Lebanon. The article also incorrectly stated that the group Barreto had led to the embassy had met with the ambassador. The Daily Star regrets these errors.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 13, 2019, on page 3.

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Summary

Venezuela is home to an estimated 500,000 people of Lebanese origin, a representative at the Venezuelan Embassy in Beirut told The Daily Star.

Both Walzani and Saad attested to a surge in activity within the community after the 35-year-old opposition leader Guaido, who is also the leader of Venezuela's national assembly, declared himself president.

Jeber Barreto is a representative of Venezuelan political party Voluntad Popular (Popular Will) who has been active in spreading word about Venezuela since his move to Jounieh in 2015 . He organized a meeting at the Venezuelan Embassy along with six Venezuelan Lebanese shortly after Guaido's announcement.

Walzani, who was also at the protest noted that not all activism on behalf of the Venezuelan Lebanese community has been politically oriented.

The 37-year-old was born in Venezuela to a Lebanese father from the northern city of Bsharri. Her mother, born in Venezuela, also has Lebanese origins.

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